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Waypoints

A waypoint saves your current view of the canvas: position and zoom level together. Jump back to it any time with a single click, or string multiple waypoints into a route for a guided walkthrough.

Creating a waypoint

Every waypoint belongs to a route, so the Waypoint Editor is where you make both. Right-click the canvas background and choose Add/Edit Waypoints... (or, in edit mode, click Edit Waypoints... in the Nav Panel's Waypoints tab). Create a route if you don't have one yet, navigate the canvas to the view you want to save, select the route, and click + to add a waypoint at the current view. Set to View re-captures a waypoint at wherever the canvas is now. Give each waypoint a descriptive name; you'll thank yourself later.

Tip: Name waypoints after the content they show, not their position. "Season 3 Overview" or "Key References" is more useful than "Top Left" or "Waypoint 4."

Jumping to a waypoint

Open the Nav Panel (View → Show Navigation Panel, Ctrl+\) and click any waypoint in its Waypoints tab to fly the canvas to that view. The transition is animated: the canvas smoothly pans and zooms to the saved position rather than cutting abruptly.

You can also step through waypoints in order using Alt + ← and Alt + →, or Page Up and Page Down. On a gamepad, LB and RB step, and X returns to the current waypoint's view after you've moved away.

Managing waypoints

Rename (F2), reorder (drag) and delete waypoints in the Waypoint Editor: right-click the background and choose Add/Edit Waypoints..., or click Edit Waypoints... in the Nav Panel in edit mode. Waypoints are saved with the environment, so they're always there when you reopen it.

Routes

Waypoints become more powerful when grouped into a route. A route is an ordered sequence of waypoints you can step through one by one, forming the basis for a spatial presentation. See Routes for how to build one.

Waypoints as navigation anchors

Even without routes or presentations, waypoints are worth setting up in any environment you return to regularly. Large canvases with many items get hard to navigate by memory. A set of named waypoints covering the main sections of your layout turns exploration into structured navigation.

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